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Nam June Paik Shocks Icelandic Audience

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After the performance, Morgunblašiš dismissed Paik and Moorman's art as "clowning".

The photograph accompanying the original announcement for the concert showed a demure Moorman and the text noted that she was a distinguished graduate of Julliard.

Musica Nova gave in to pressure after the concert and issued a statement saying that it had been "an unforseeable accident".

Charlotte Moorman playing Paik's TV Cello in the early 1970s.

Moorman and Paik performing in Germany in 1965, just before coming to Iceland.

 

 

 

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After the performance, Morgunblašiš dismissed Paik and Moorman's art as "clowning". The article describes Paik performing with his pants down but notes that most of the audience had already left by that point in the performance.

 

 

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